alstroemeria

See also: alstroeméria and Alstroemeria

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌælstɹiˈmiːɹɪ.ə/

Noun

alstroemeria (countable and uncountable, plural alstroemerias)

1. Any member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants, the Peruvian lilies.
   • 2007 February 20, Ellen Barry, “Eagerness and Some Resignation as Civil Union Law Takes Effect”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Now they were doing it again: Waiting, with a bouquet of alstroemeria and purple tulips, for Asbury Park’s deputy city clerk, D. Kiki Tomek, to take their application for a civil union in New Jersey .

Translations

any member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants

• Dutch: incalelie (nl) f, alstroemeria f
• Portuguese: alstroeméria (pt) f
• Spanish: astromelia f, lirio de los Incas m, lirio del Perú m